1965 VFL Season Round 17: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1965 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round seventeen of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Graham Farmer captained the hosts. Ralph Rogerson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Davis and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Geelong (9.16.70) defeated Fitzroy (8.4.52).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 21 August 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 15,651

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 9.16.70 - 8.4.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 2 4 . 6 6 . 8 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Fitzroy 3 . 0 5 . 2 7 . 3 8 . 4 8 . 4 (52)
Margin GEEL by 2 FITZ by 2 FITZ by 1 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Graham Farmer
Coach: Bob Davis

Fitzroy

Captain: Ralph Rogerson
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Gaudion

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 1 2 8 4 4 2 0 2
37 Brown, David ? ? 1 2 14 12 2 2 2 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 6 1 2
9 Devine, John ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 3 0 2
5 Farmer, Graham (c) ? ? 1 0 36 16 20 7 6 3
24 Fox, John ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 1 1
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 1 3 21 15 6 2 1 2
21 Graham, Ricky ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 2 1 2
18 Hamer, Garry ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 2 1
11 Hosking, Ron ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 3 1
4 Lord, Alistair ? ? 2 3 22 18 4 2 4 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 0 21 16 5 9 3 3
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 2 17 16 1 4 2 3
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 3 16 12 4 11 1 3
20 Teasdale, Alan ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 4
8 Vinar, Paul ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 6 0 2
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 3 2
28 Watts, John ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 7 0 0
40 Yeates, John ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 16 296 219 77 81 32 39

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
13 Bahen, John ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 1 1 3
10 Beattie, Bob ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 1 2
5 Bond, Colin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Booth, John ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 2 0 0
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 10 3 2
17 Calverley, Graham ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
20 Carroll, Bob ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 3
26 Cole, Max ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 2 1
6 Eastman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 2 3 1
9 Fry, Ron ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 7 1 3
15 Hayes, John ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 4 6 3
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 1 1
24 Hirst, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 5 2
22 Kemp, Jim ? ? 4 0 5 5 0 2 0 0
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 5 0 1
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 2 1
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 1 1
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 1 24 22 2 3 6 3
1 Rogerson, Ralph (c) ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 8 2 1
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 5 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 4 240 206 34 67 39 32

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s